CANADA Canada - Sonia Varaschin, 42, Orangeville, 29 Aug 2010 - #2

[matou]

DNA was found at 1 of the 3 crime scenes? This surprises me. I wonder if it is true?

The Toronto Star is more than suggesting the DNA was found at the murder scene, likely at Sonia's home, I would think.

 

[Wondergirl]

Several people???? Wow.

police investigating the murder of sonia varaschin say they have been able to identify several people who may hold clues that will help solve the case.

http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/ctvnews/20110525/110525_sonia_veraschin/20110525/?hub=cp24home

 

[matou]

I find it crazy that prints were not found on the car. The person must have wiped it down and would have been covered in her blood. I hope all the trash bins were searched near where her car was parked.

 

[Wondergirl]

I guess LE isn't focusing on the hospital:

Southlake not contacted about DNA canvass


As of this morning, the Newmarket hospital had not been contacted by the OPP in relation to a DNA canvass, spokesperson Tammy La Rue said.

It’s not clear if that type of request will even be made of hospital, she added.

Police have contacted the hospital several times during the investigation and have spoken to Southlake personnel, she confirmed.

olice today refused to say what type of person they will approach for a DNA sample, other than those who had contact with Ms Varaschin before she died.
“It could be anyone,” Ontario Provincial Police Const. Peter Leon said this morning.

He wouldn’t confirm if former hospital colleagues were included in the group or the number of people police are considering.

http://www.yorkregion.com/news/article/1014632--southlake-not-contacted-about-dna-canvass

 

[LilyMacBloom]

Since I'm Canadian: what would you think if at BIRTH each child was given a birth certificate, passport, finger printed, DNA sampled, given an OHIP number and social insurance number? Following them for life.

Similarily the same in other countries that have the same requirements ie: USA, UK et al.

If you are an immigrant you must submit to the same and be givin the same.

Your thoughts?

 

[Coral]

To Lily MacBloom
I agree with you absolutely 100%. If you have nothing to hide, why not? The only ones who scream "it's not fair" are the ones who have something to hide. When Holly Jones was murdered, 2, just 2, men refused to provide DNA. One of them was the killer. Maybe people would think twice, maybe they would hesitate a little more, if they knew their data was on file. Sonia's case would have already been solved if your suggested scenario was reality. Maybe it never would have happened.

 

[matou]

The angle is POF and dating sites???? hmmmmm.....

Cops suspect Varaschin met her murderer on dating website PlentyOfFish.com

Using computer files seized from her Orangeville home at the time of her murder, police are tracking down the men who contacted Varaschin online to see if they can match up DNA evidence — or exclude them as suspects.

Only recently, DNA evidence recovered at the crime scene — in the form of semen, blood or saliva — was assessed as likely belonging to her killer.

http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/a...derer-on-dating-website-plentyoffish-com?bn=1

 

[matou]

Wouldn't the person use their own car??? This seems weird to me. JMO

 

[No_Stone_Unturned]

Hello everyone:

I'm certainly not a computer whiz - that's why it took me so long to find the thread about the 'new news' in this case.

I have one HUGE question:

WHY did it take almost a year for LE to tell us (the public) that POF was the likely source of the connection between Sonia and her killer?:maddening:

Also, did we know previously that LE actually HAD DNA from the killer?

So many questions........:maddening:

 

[No_Stone_Unturned]

Since I'm Canadian: what would you think if at BIRTH each child was given a birth certificate, passport, finger printed, DNA sampled, given an OHIP number and social insurance number? Following them for life.

Similarily the same in other countries that have the same requirements ie: USA, UK et al.

If you are an immigrant you must submit to the same and be givin the same.

Your thoughts?

Right on, sister! Agree wholeheartedly!:innocent:

 

[dotr]

DNA samples: Should police have the right to ask for voluntary samples?
May 26, 2011 10:20 AMBy Community Team
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunit...e-the-right-to-ask-for-voluntary-samples.html
A civil liberties group is objecting to police plans to seek voluntary DNA samples in the Sonia Varaschin murder investigation. (Patrick Morrell/CBC)By CBC News

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has asked investigators in Ontario to stop requesting voluntary DNA samples from individuals 18 and older in their bid to solve a high profile murder case.

 

[Kamille]

Wouldn't the person use their own car??? This seems weird to me. JMO

People on those dating sites do sometimes tend to gravitate towards people who live close to them. Especially people who don't have a car to travel to meet someone.

MOO

 

[No_Stone_Unturned]

People on those dating sites do sometimes tend to gravitate towards people who live close to them. Especially people who don't have a car to travel to meet someone.

MOO

OK, so now I have another question: Would a woman open her home door to a man from a dating site rather than meeting him out in the open - in a cafe, restaurant, etc.?

LE says there was no forced entry at SV's house. Very confusing.....:twocents:

 

[matou]

OK, so now I have another question: Would a woman open her home door to a man from a dating site rather than meeting him out in the open - in a cafe, restaurant, etc.?

LE says there was no forced entry at SV's house. Very confusing.....:twocents:

Yes, I think so too. I remember Sonia's father stating that her sliding door may have been unlocked for her cat that night, or that she forgot to lock it after letting the cat in. It was noted on here as well, that Sonia closed her POF account, the one with her cat's name, in January 2010. So, she could have opened another account or used other dating sites.

 

[matou]

Yes, I think so too. I remember Sonia's father stating that her sliding door may have been unlocked for her cat that night, or that she forgot to lock it after letting the cat in. It was noted on here as well, that Sonia closed her POF account, the one with her cat's name, in January 2010. So, she could have opened another account or used other dating sites.

Wow, this just posted in the Star:

http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/a...ccount-months-before-murder-founder-says?bn=1

PlentyOfFish’s CEO Marcus Frind said the police contacted him last year in connection to Varaschin’s murder.

“We thought that was the end of it,” he wrote in an email.

Varaschin was not an active user, said Frind, who created the highly successful dating site in his Vancouver apartment in 2003.

“Unless she used accounts that we aren’t aware of, her account in 2010 was inactive,” he said, “and finally closed in the second week of Jan. 2010.”

 

[No_Stone_Unturned]

Oh - but I thought that LE was checking the POF dating site primarily as well as other dating service sites. I could very easily be wrong about that, though.

 

[matou]

Oh - but I thought that LE was checking the POF dating site primarily as well as other dating service sites. I could very easily be wrong about that, though.

I think LE stated they were looking at 'dating sites'. What other ones are there? I know about POF. Are there others that are common for 40 somethings?

 

[Valleyboy]

OK, so now I have another question: Would a woman open her home door to a man from a dating site rather than meeting him out in the open - in a cafe, restaurant, etc.?

LE says there was no forced entry at SV's house. Very confusing.....:twocents:

It could be possible that the perp was someone she had met before and felt safe about letting him in.

 

[dotr]

Sonia Varaschin closed her account on the PlentyOfFish dating website several months before she was murdered, according to the site’s Canadian founder.

Police have maintained that Varaschin was active on dating websites and suspect that a person she might have met there could be tied to the Orangeville nurse’s murder.
http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/a...ccount-months-before-murder-founder-says?bn=1

 

[LilyMacBloom]

I don't find the timing of the closing of her POF account strange at all.

SV had a new relationship, whom she did not meet on POF, (so says her brother) so she closed her account in Jan 2010. Not that i know exactly when she had her new beau but it is not uncommon to become active and inactive on any website. (including this one I would think)

Experience has also told me that if you sign up for one singles site, you prob belong to more than that, either by pseudo name.

Am I the only one who thinks LE has a very good idea (as might the family (forgive me for saying this part) who they are suspecting and are trying to flush him out of his own accord for an " easier" conviction???? Feeling LE doesn't believe he is a danger to someone else? Obviously I don't believe a woman committed this crime, having read other bloggers profiles

Maybe I'm wishful thinking